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by the proponents of this religion, is astounding to even consider this project >> given the emotions of the day pitting established world lifestyles against islamic expansion, people it in the board of supervisors meeting remain cool but divided >> these are two separate buildings that look like single story ranch houses. there are no domes or monterey so, we are respectful of this community because we are part of it. >> orme this has never been a muslim issue, it has always been about the water >> building permits were up for approval. the plans called for two buildings with up to 5000 square feet each of built on monterey highway. also proposed is a cemetery. local residents have battled the plants on environmental reasons >> it is not a matter of who these people are, it is a matter of this type of project is not
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fit on this piece of property and there are codes that say that >> local muslims contend that the opposition is all about who they are >> you see about what this really is about >> you think of this was christian you would be going through this? >> we would probably already be praying there >> the board of supervisors approved the plans of the political part of the equation is now solved. now comes the financial part of the situation. the center. >> gunfire in oakland has wondered woman who is reportedly seven months pregnant. this is a live look at the scene just after 330 today. someone fired from a passing car on the 5800 block of east 16th street. four people were shot and broken glass grazed the woman's
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stomach. police do not know who the target was but they're offering a $5,000 reward for information. it is the stuff that murder mysteries are made of. a san jose man is accused of trying to kill his ailing girlfriend drink. the alleged plot did not pass the smell test >> it is shocking, it is something you would only see on tv >> she is the owner of a location where police a a resident was slowly being poisoned by her boyfriend. he would allegedly sneak in mixed drinks that people here were bottles of vitamins and water. >> noticed that she had a bottle of water that look discolored and she proceeded to smell it and that is when she found that it smelled like chlorine >> they tested the water and found there was chlorine in the drink. police say levels were higher than you would find in a
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swimming pool. the refrigerator contained even more bottles >> on several occasions and only had soda pop in it so in the last several days is when we believe he brought water >> police arrested 67 year-old robert locke ridge of san jose on suspicion of attempted murder. the victim never showed any signs of being sick but went to the emergency room just in case. according to the chronicle the motive was money. police say the man wanted to get control of his girlfriend's finances. the d.a. is still continuing the investigation so no official charges have been filed. >> to bay area parents are hoping a new law and in honor of their son will prevent the kind of accidents that took his life. brett was 19 years old when he crashed his car after hours of drinking on a party boss. today outside their home which
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will crack down on so-called booze cruises >> the message from this legislation is the party is over. the booze cruise needs to stop. our youth are much too valuable, much too valuable for this to go on >> when the law takes effect in january bus companies must determine if all and miners will be on board. if so the group will be required to have a shot brown over the age of 25 to insure there is no underage drinking >> cars that do not need drivers, officially endorsed by california law. we're live in mountain view where some google employees are already using them to get to work >> we're actually along 680 in pleasant hill because we want to show you what it looks like now because this might be the passed
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very quickly. we will see more of these self driving cars and one of these days we will look over and see nobody is behind the wheel. >> today we are looking at science fiction becoming reality. >> the fine the notion, and governor jerry brown arrived at google in a self driving a car to accelerate california's leadership in autonomous vehicles. google has already logged 300,000 mi. with this technology. a new law allows them on public roads for testing as long as a licensed and insured drivers behind the wheel. the governor signed legislation in front of an audience of google employees. a google co-founder was asked when the public might get their hands on it >> we have some pretty ambitious targets for the team, they are stressed out looking at me answer this question >> he did say five years or less
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into believes it will save lives. 99 percent of all traffics in fatal accidents are caused by human error >> i suspect it will be far safer than human driven cars >> it also opens up the possibility of the blind people driving. cutting down on congestion, these cars automatically align themselves with precision and allow people to do something else while driving. who gets the ticket in a self driving card if it is parking itself and no one is inside but it runs a red light? >> the car, i think, but we will work that out. that will be the easiest problem to work out >> they do not run red lights. >> law-enforcement has expressed concerns. >> i did talk to the highway commissioner and he said the
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regulations have not been brought to a state of perfection but it is close enough and we will keep working on it >> to the engineers need to answer questions like what happens with a flat tire or if the computer stops working? >> it from the campaign trail to the city streets, is the interception/touchdown that everyone is talking about >> what are they doing? >> we break down to play and asked a local referee why the replacements are so bad. >> here is a look outside, we have haze and smoke and marine layer is working in linda earlier today. it is all about the heat in the extended forecast. >> stretching your paycheck, i don't get fooled by your smart phone plan.
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>> today, football fans from the campaign trail to the local streetcorners are talking about the questionable game winning touchdown in last night's game. it is the latest incident involving the nfl replacement referees and the first to directly affect the outcome of a game >> who saw that football game?
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it is all anyone is talking about. most people it, anyway. this woman calls it a touchdown, like half of the referees did. >> that was an interception, no t ouit >> the defense a player clearly intercepts the hail marys. give me a break. >> how often does paul ryan agree with barack obama? he says the latest in a series of bad blood on calls all season by replacement referee >> is making it hard to watch >> who are they and what do they stink so bad? >> a lot of them are division to
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or division three colleges, some have come even from high- school >> high-school referee and mike says ones with better jobs worry they would not get those jobs back later, being labeled as union busters >> for a lot of them is the only shop they might get to the nfl >> so what are they so bad? the games they referee are not awful like these >> it takes two full years to get acclimated to the speed of that game because everything happens at 90 m.p.h. >> the nfl wants to give referees who are part-timers at 401 k instead of their current pension and the right to bench one that they think is doing poorly. the current average salary is $150,000 part time but the nfl does make $9 billion per year. >> $9 billion per year they
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make, that is more than most south american countries have for their economy. last night there were about $300,000 on the line, the referee called made all that money change hands and that is just legal money in las vegas. imagine all of the people in office pools betting on the packers like most of them did because they were favorites. it is a debacle and it is not even an opinion anymore. >> footlocker called and what their sales guys back. >> let's go live to mobile 5 where we're getting a sneak peek at the progress of the 49ers new stadium. some of the steel framework has already been put into place. a few hours ago a team executives gave a tour of the difference sidelines. right now construction
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equipment are cluttering the future spot of the 50 yd line. the team officially broke down on the project back in april. is it is expected to be done in time for the 2014 season >> you do not need to pay a fortune for your smart phone. the overlooked option that could save you $1,000 per year. >> staying,,
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vo: for years, sacramento politicians have chopped away funds for our schools. today, we're forty-seventh out of fifty in per-pupil funding. now these politicians say unless we send more tax dollars to sacramento, they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch it. thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number.
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>> a campaign marked by harsh accusations, it is rare to see a movement of bipartisan levity but that came today courtesy of mitt romney. this is what he had to say after being introduced by president clinton. >> if there is one thing we have learned in this election season, by the way, it is that a few words from bill clinton can do a man of lot of good. all i need to do now is wait a couple of days for that bounce to happen >> that was a clear nod to the president clinton's speech praising the president. both brawny and president obama
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were talking about foreign policy today in new york. >> president obama is urging fellow leaders to take a stand against violence in the moslem world >> i do believe it is the obligation of all leaders in all countries to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism >> president obama condemned the anti islamic film sparking protest overseas but said that nothing justifies mindless violence. the president also had a message for iran. >> make no mistake, it is not a challenge that can be contained. it would threaten the elimination of israel and the security of gulf nations and the stability of the global economy >> after the address he headed across town to speak at former president clinton's gathering. that is where mitt romney began his day, joking about the perks
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of an introduction from the popular former president >> if there is one thing we have learned, by the way, it is that a few words from bill clinton can do a man of lot of good >> bromley also took a political jab at president obama, implying he has not done enough to confront foreign-policy challenges and later on the campaign trail in ohio, romney said his administration would not characterize the middle east unrest as a bump in the road >> we need a president who takes this serious >> romney continues his tour with three stops in ohio on wednesday. republicans have criticized president obama for not having bilateral one-on-one meetings while he was in new york. the last time that happened was 20 years ago when another president was running for reelection, george bush. >> those monthly cellphone bills
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can be brutal but don't let your smart phone plan fool you. more people are turning to an often overlooked option. julie has more on how you can stretch for paycheck. >> aubrey is not afraid of commitment but she does not want one with herself on carrier. she has an unlimited prepaid plan with metro p c s that costs $56 per month, half of what she paid for at&t or sprint >> is something that a lot of people don't know exist >> cnet says the big carriers do not go out of their way to tell you about the prepaid plans because they're less profitable. >> they have a guaranteed sum of money they will get every single month >> and smaller companies like metro p c s and straight talk do not do a lot of advertising repaid or month-to-month plans can pay off if you are an individual user who does not use that kind of data >> sometimes they can work out
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to be cheaper for some people but there is a lot of math involved >> prepaid customers now have more telephone options as well. several companies are even offering pay-as-you-go plans for iphone. one downside to appeared prepaying is you need to buy your own phone. for example, on your own and iphone could cost $650 compared to $200 with a contract so it could take one year or more to realize any savings. >> there is no one size fits all, you need to educate yourself >> it has been a great choice >> sites like my rate plan and build schrank make easy to compare the cost of plans. for links had to cbs sets up dot com. >>
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>> construction crews in san francisco have uncovered ruins from the old city hall that was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. brick foundations were found along hyde street during a landscaping project two weeks ago. the ruins will be buried again after historians and architects continue examining the sites >> the heat wave, wait for it, almost >> we're closer. we're not there yet but we are closer. it will get hot later this week. thursday is when the warmer weather will move in. right now is smoky east of the hills. this is smoke being brought down by wind all the way from washington and oregon. lots of wildfires that there and we are dealing with a smoke. blue skies looking out toward
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the bay bridge but most of san francisco is cloudy and cold right now. 65 in oakland. 85 in livermore. cloudy at the coast, upper 50s. 63 this evening at the bay. the sunset in concord at 7:00 tonight. here is what is happening over the next couple of days. high pressure is on its way to giving us the offshore wind but a light onshore flow will keep temperatures close to where they were today. thursday, high pressure moves and now we get the same clockwise flow but that gives us offshore wind and it will really last about four or five days. warmer weather beginning on thursday. concord a couple of degrees
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above average at 84. palo alto 74. fremont andilpitas in the mid-70s. 75 in nevada and sonoma, 82. look at that changed starting thursday. 92 degrees with sunshine. mid to upper 90s on saturday. look at the high temperatures near,,,,
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vo: for years, sacramento politicians have chopped away funds for our schools. today, we're forty-seventh out of fifty in per-pupil funding. now these politicians say unless we send more tax dollars to sacramento, they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch it. thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number.
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>> nearly 400,000 americans suffer cardiac arrest each year and a majority die because they do not get cpr. >> disco can teach us a few steps to help save lives >> on this bright sunny day in
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san francisco, disco music came back. ♪ ♪ >> is staying alive cpr tore. the idea is to teach people to simple steps to save a life. >> the first thing is call 911, the second thing we want you to do is push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help arrives >> cpr keeps blood flowing to the heart and brain but many bystanders are afraid to jump in because they don't know how to do it or worry about mouth to mouth but that has changed. >> now the american heart association is talking about hands only cpr so there should be no hesitation were someone to jump in >> it could mean the difference between life and death >> my heart stopped and i died at the finish line of the bay to breakers >> he is alive today thanks to cpr and a paramedic >> the fact that they're working
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on me immediately made all the difference in the world >> it is easy to do and if you forget the rhythm, just saying ♪ ♪ >> it is a lot easier than the disco moves. still, staying alive stays with you and that is the key. are you a fan of john travolta? >> yes i am >> i like the music and i like the idea that if it happened to be someone could do it for me and i would feel fortunate >> if you perform cpr with staying alive in the back of your mind you will pump 300 beats per minute. the idea is to teach what you learn to three other people. all we need is a disco ball and some shiny shirts. >> we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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vo: for years, sacramento politicians have chopped away funds for our schools.
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today, we're forty-seventh out of fifty in per-pupil funding. now these politicians say unless we send more tax dollars to sacramento, they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch it. thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. thirty-eight. >> here is what we're working on for the 6:00 news. proposition 34 faces opposition from people you would least likely expect, the very people on death row. why they prefer to keep capital punishment in place. >> the cbs evening news is next >> the latest

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